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- 1PunctuationPunctuation is used to make sense, provide clarity, and emphasize content in sentences. We use punctuation marks to organize and structure what we write.
- 2The colonThe colon is an orthographic sign that stops speech to draw attention to what follows, usually enumerations, exemplifications, that is, information that is always related to the previous idea.
- 3The colon can be used in the following 7 ways :1) Before a list introduced by a complete sentence.
Example: The students who passed the course are the following: those who had 80% attendance, those who completed all their practices, those who passed the exam. - 42) The introduce the effect, or logical consequence of an action. Example: There is whas only way he could win: he had to cheat.3) Before quotation.
Example: This is what Plato had to say about mathematicians: " i have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning". - 54) After the salution in a business letter or memo. Dear Teacher Dolores:5) Separate chapters and verses in scripture.
Example: English class starts 4:15. - 66) To separate the hours from the minutes. Example: The movie premiere is at 7:30.7) To show rations
Example: Pour in the milk and water at a 3:1 ratio. - 7Comma rules1) Use commas to separate items in a list of three or more.
Example: I need to buy notebooks, pencils, eraser and pencil holders.
- 82) Use commas to separate independent clauses (whole thoughts) when joined by the following conjunctions: (and, or, for, nor, like this, but, still) Example: I want to go to the Steve Aoki concert, but it is too expensive.3) Use a comma to separate a dependent clause (incomplete thought) from an independent clause (complete thought)
Example: without water, we will not survive. - 94) Use a comma (s) to separate any word or phrase from the rest of the sentence that is not essential to the meaning of the sentence. This phase generally provides additional information on the topic. Example: my mother, on the other hand, does not like chocolate.5) Use a comma to separate a quote from the rest of a sentence.
Example: "we have to go, he said," before they know it! " - 106) Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of a sentence. Example: Hello, what is your name?7) Use a comma to separate the name of a city from a country or state.
Example: I live in Tehuacan, Puebla - 118) Use a comma to separate the day of the week, the day of the month, and the year. Example: today is Thursday, June 2021
- 12Period1) To show that a sentence has ended.
Example: we are going to the mall today.
- 132) To show that an abbreviation has ended Example: We are shopping on State St. Today3) As a decimal point.
Example: The shoes cost $42.99 - 14Semicolons1) To combine closely related complete sentences (independent clauses) which are not joined by a conjunction.
Example: The man was wet; he was standing in the rain without an umbrella.
- 152) To separate complete sentences (independent clauses) that are joined by a conjuntive adverb. Here is a list of common conjuntive adverbs: in addition, thus, nevertheless, therefore, still, however, indeed, furthermore, then. Example: Jane likes fruit; however, she does not like apples.3) To separate items ina list when commas alone would be confusing.
Example: the school specializes in three fields of study; economics, the stgudy of the economy; philosophy, the study of thought; and anthropology, the study of mankind.
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